1st World Water Forum, Marrakesh, March 1997Vision for Water, Life and the Environment

Friday, March 21, 1997

First Session: Perspectives on World Water

Mr. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (represented by Mr. Pierre Najlis): The role of fresh water in sustainable development

Mr. Hassan Abouyoub, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Morocco: Water and globalization of trade

Mr. Ismail Serageldin, Chairman, Global Water Partnership: Partnership for international water management

Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations (represented by Mr. Jin Yongjian, Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Department for Development Support and Management Services): Water and the United Nations

Mr. Federico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO: Water and Civilization

Mr. James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank (represented by Mr. Ismail Serageldin, Vice-President): The World Bank water resources management: policy and priority